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Veterans Say an Illegal Psychedelic Drug Is Helping Them. Now Mississippi Wants to Study Ibogaine.
Patients and advocates say ibogaine, an illegal psychedelic drug, brings benefits for physical pain, traumatic brain injuries, PTSD, insomnia, anxiety, OCD and depression. Now, Mississippi is taking steps to study it.
Education
Medicaid Expansion Dead in Mississippi Due to Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ Top Republican Says
Mississippi will not expand Medicaid this year because of federal Medicaid funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Mississippi Senate Medicaid Chairman says.
Mississippi Medical Cannabis Advocates Want Higher Potency Limits, ‘Right-to-Try’ in 2026
The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Association presented right-to-try expansion, increasing potency limits and changing patient cards from 12-month to 24-month verification to the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board.
Health Insurance Costs Could Soar for 330,000 Mississippians Without Congressional Action
About 331,000 Mississippians who rely on the Affordable Care Act could see their health insurance premiums jump by 37% on average unless Congress acts.
Pop-Up Reproductive Health-Care Clinic Arrives at Jackson Medical Mall Saturday
Converge and the Mississippi Reproductive Health Justice Coalition are hosting a pop-up reproductive health-care clinic at the Jackson Medical Mall on Saturday, July 26, as the first stop on the ReproHealth Tour.
Mississippi Restricts Kratom Sales After Pleas from Health Leaders
Kratom sales in Mississippi are now subject to new regulations, restricting sales to those 21 or older and adding an excise tax. The changes follow pleas from public health leaders who cited the dangers of an unregulated market.
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Health Voices
Opinion | Not All Cannabis Innovation Benefits Patients
Lucy Xiaolu Wang and Nathan W. Chan write that cannabis legalization tends to benefit commercial opportunities rather than patients or research.
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